Table 1 Distribution of mammographic parameters of breast masses
From: Mammographic parameters as predictors of molecular subtype of breast cancer: a prospective analysis
Parameters | Frequency (n = 51) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Breast composition | ||
Type A | 4 | 7.84% |
Type B | 32 | 62.75% |
Type C | 13 | 25.49% |
Type D | 2 | 3.92% |
Shape | ||
No mass visualized (only microcalcification) | 1 | 1.96% |
Round | 2 | 3.92% |
Oval | 10 | 19.60% |
Irregular | 38 | 74.51% |
Margins | ||
No mass visualized (only microcalcification) | 1 | 1.96% |
Circumscribed | 15 | 29.41% |
Non-circumscribed (Indistinct, Microlobulated, Spiculated) | 33 | 64.70% |
Obscured | 2 | 03.92% |
Density | ||
High | 43 | 84.31% |
No mass visualized (only microcalcification) | 1 | 1.96% |
Equal | 7 | 13.73% |
Suspicious morphology calcifications | ||
Absent | 24 | 47.06% |
Amorphous | 14 | 27.45% |
Coarse heterogenous | 2 | 3.92% |
Fine linear | 2 | 3.92% |
Fine pleomorphic | 9 | 17.65% |
Distribution of calcification | ||
Grouped | 22 | 81.48% |
Regional | 4 | 14.81% |
Segmental | 1 | 3.70% |
Architectural distortion | ||
Absent | 9 | 17.65% |
Present | 42 | 82.35% |
Location of lesion | ||
Lower inner quadrant | 4 | 7.84% |
Lower outer and inner quadrant | 1 | 1.96% |
Lower outer quadrant | 1 | 1.96% |
Retro Areolar | 11 | 21.57% |
Upper inner quadrant | 5 | 9.80% |
Upper outer and inner quadrant | 1 | 1.96% |
Upper outer quadrant | 28 | 54.90% |
Axillary lymphadenopathy | ||
Absent | 13 | 25.49% |
Present | 38 | 74.51% |